Gary Carpenter

Ricky Thibodeaux · Post by **Ricky Thibodeaux** » 15 Nov 2012 9:38 am

Gary Carpenter-Steel & Tommy Hooker-Bass-vocals (Jake Hooker's dad) at Pearls Saloon Ft. Worth, Texas
great musicians imo
http://youtu.be/PARHBrfvXPE

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 15 Nov 2012 10:28 am

Great job by Gary as always. That guitar sounds so good.

Danny Letz · Post by **Danny Letz** » 15 Nov 2012 3:32 pm

He got way up there in Hughey land didn't he. The video was too dark to tell, but that sure sounded like Reggie on the fiddle?

Tommy Detamore · Post by **Tommy Detamore** » 15 Nov 2012 4:32 pm

I saw Carp playing with Tommy about a month ago. He blew me away! Never repeated himself in four hours. He just kept digging deeper in the well. Great band. My old bandmate-buddy Mark Kalson was on fiddle that night. I think that's Reggie in the video. Mark plays left-handed so it's not him

Randall Palmore · Post by **Randall Palmore** » 17 Nov 2012 12:43 pm

Wow! This clip of Carp is amazing! What a player! Tommy is always great. Looks like Jess Meador on fiddle to me? RP

Danny Letz · Post by **Danny Letz** » 19 Nov 2012 4:33 pm

Wonder what brand of guitar he was playin, Randall?

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 20 Nov 2012 3:13 am

Gary built the Rains guitars for several years. He still plays a Rains as well.

Danny Letz · Post by **Danny Letz** » 20 Nov 2012 4:12 pm

Paul, I was just ribbin Randall. We both know Gary Carpenter. He and Randall are good friends. We also both know Bobby Rains. Thanks for being informative though.

Dave Grothusen · Post by **Dave Grothusen** » 22 Nov 2012 4:36 am

WOW, what a player and nice guy too.

Darrell Criswell · Post by **Darrell Criswell** » 22 Nov 2012 7:21 am

Paul King said "Gary built the Rains guitars for several years."

Does Gary still build and work for Rains?

Danny Letz · Post by **Danny Letz** » 22 Nov 2012 12:37 pm

Darrell, I barely know enough to comment, but I think someone else is building the guitars and Gary does the final tweaking on them when they are finished.

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 22 Nov 2012 2:00 pm

Curtis Hogue bought the company from Gary earlier this year. Curtis is doing a great job on building the guitars. Gary does stop by occasionally for parts and is there should Curtis need his advice.